# Aeronaut Brewing Company

> Aeronaut Brewing Company is a Somerville, Massachusetts craft brewery founded in 2014 by three grad-school roommates who brought MIT and Cornell science backgrounds to beer. Known for propagating its own house-cultured yeast and experimental recipes, Aeronaut pairs adventurous ales and lagers with a Somerville taproom that doubles as a food hall, live-music venue and community hub. In 2024 it merged with Dorchester Brewing Company under a new parent, Tasty Liquid Alliance.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founders:** Ronn Friedlander (Co-Founder), Ben Holmes (Co-Founder), Dan Rassi (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~21 employees
- **Products:** House-cultured beer program, Robot Crush, Hop, Hop & Away, IPAs and pale ales, Somerville taproom & Food Hub
- **Notable:** Somerville's first brewery in over 100 years, opening June 2014., Robot Crush won a Great American Beer Festival gold medal (2016) in the pilsner category., Grew from 5-gallon living-room batches to three locations across Greater Boston.

## Products & services

- **House-cultured beer program** — Inventive ales and lagers brewed with hand-gathered, in-house-propagated yeast strains and New England-sourced agriculture.
- **Robot Crush** — American Pilsner made with pilsner malt and Citra hops; 2016 Great American Beer Festival gold medalist.
- **Hop, Hop & Away** — Hazy, crushable 4.6% session IPA cold-steeped with Citra and Mosaic hops.
- **IPAs and pale ales** — A rotating lineup including American IPA (~6.3%), Juicy Pale Ale (~4.9%), Double NEIPA (~8.1%) and session IPAs.
- **Somerville taproom & Food Hub** — A community taproom with 15+ beers on draft, resident food vendors, live music and hundreds of events per year.
- **Contract / partner brewing** — Production and packaging services for regional and national brands (combined ~20 brands with Dorchester post-merger).

## Achievements

- Somerville's first brewery in over 100 years, opening June 2014.
- Robot Crush won a Great American Beer Festival gold medal (2016) in the pilsner category.
- Grew from 5-gallon living-room batches to three locations across Greater Boston.
- Built a taproom recognized as a local institution, hosting thousands of visitors weekly and hundreds of community events a year.
- Completed a 2024 merger with Dorchester Brewing Company under the Tasty Liquid Alliance parent.

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Aeronaut and Dorchester Brewing announce intent to merge under a new parent company, Tasty Liquid Alliance.
- **2024-07** — Merger anticipated to close in Q3 2024, consolidating production at Dorchester's facility while phasing out Aeronaut's Everett production site; Somerville taproom continues small-batch brewing.

## Links

- Website: https://aeronautbrewing.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/aeronaut-brewing-company
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/aeronautbrewing
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aeronautbrewing/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/aeronautbrewing

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